Notes From Underfoot

[resonant]

Who has seen the cat?
Neither I nor you.
But when you fall and break your leg,
The cat is passing through.

Who has seen the cat?
Neither you nor I.
But when you tumble down the stairs,
The cat is passing by.

Comments

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I had no idea anyone else had ever even heard of Who Has Seen The Wind. *impressed*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid it's in every kids' poetry anthology ever created. Plus it's set to music on that Carly & Lucy Simon album that is apparently never, ever going to be released on CD.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Wait, it must be on some recorded something, because I know the melody...hmmm.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

If you ever find it, I wants it! That album is the only reason I still have a turntable.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I've never heard the Simons sing it, but what I'm remembering is that I sang it as a choral piece way back in the 60's.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

The only place I've ever seen it is...well, yes, in a children's poetry anthology actually entitled Who Has Seen The Wind -- it's a series of poems paired up with artworks from the Boston MFA, which I had as a child. Which definitely confused me the first time I visited the MFA, because I hadn't realised the book drew all its art from the museum, and I kept wondering why everything looked so familiar....